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Hi.

I just got my hands om a Toz-35 (not 35m). Does anybody know how to find out how old it is? Like a range of serial numbers produced at a certain time?

There appears to be no list or any other way to date a TOZ. Unlike the Izh35 which has its year of manufacture stamped on the frame.

Don't know about the Toz-35, but on my Toz-35M, the first two digits of the serial appear to be the year of manufacture.

the serial number on mine is TN07xx

Mine is ABN20nn, my wife's is TN17n. There doesn't seem to be much of a pattern!

I wouldn't worry about it, as long as it works and the internals are not worn out. Mine was MN1087 and I bought it used in 1977, the book had a test date of 1962 in it. As I recall the design goes back to at least 1960 and probably to mid 1950s.
Cheers -- Dr Jim

Dr. Jim wrote:I wouldn't worry about it, as long as it works and the internals are not worn out. Mine was MN1087 and I bought it used in 1977, the book had a test date of 1962 in it. As I recall the design goes back to at least 1960 and probably to mid 1950s.
Cheers -- Dr Jim

I was not worried that it was no good, just curious thats all.

Mike M. wrote:Don't know about the Toz-35, but on my Toz-35M, the first two digits of the serial appear to be the year of manufacture.

Mike, is this a hard and fast rule? The serial number on my 35M is #8627xx. Were they still making them that recently?
Paul

As far as I know, they stopped making them around 1990, but I am not 100% sure.

That would precede the fall of the Soviet Union by about a year(Dec. '91). My gun and case have all the usual CCCP markings. I purchased it new, mail order (imported it on a Form 6), from Eduard Kettner's in Germany, back in 1998.
Paul